HarperCollins - Poppy War, The : R. F. Kuang Dark fantasy It stays with you /

It stays with you / Aden Polydoros

Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit

Fia is tasked by the queen to retrieve the princess and break her curse

" —Sarah Beth Durst • "Utterly enchanting

Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power—and the devastating love that could be her downfall

HarperCollins - Poppy War, The : R. F. Kuang Dark fantasy It stays with you /Peasant. Student. Soldier. Goddess. When war orphan Rin aced the Kejuthe Empire wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academiesshe surprised everyone: test officials, the guardians who wanted to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise, and even herself. But being a dark skinned peasant girl from the south is not easy at Sinegard, the most elite military school in Nikan. Targeted by rival classmates for her color,